In victory for Sanders, Ohio judge says 17-year-olds can vote

[Chef Eric]

Washington (CNN)- An Ohio county judge ruled Friday that 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in Tuesday's primaries, a victory for Bernie Sanders' campaign.

Franklin County Judge Richard Frye determined that Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, erred when he ordered that Ohioans who are currently 17 but will be 18 on election day in November not be allowed to vote in the presidential primaries.

Husted's office said he would appeal the ruling, which applies to all election boards in the state and orders them to accommodate 17-year-olds Tuesday.

Read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/11/politics/sanders-ohio-lawsuit/index.html

[Kip Humphrey]

1. Yeah, Bernie!

WIN! Bernie WIN!

[Fairgo]

2. I'm sure HRC was looking into advocating as well.

[Chef Eric]

3. Are you serious? I can't tell whether you're serious or not.

I have seen no evidence indicating that Clinton wanted 17-year-olds to have the right to vote.

This court case only came about because the Sanders campaign filed a suit against Ohio's secretary of state.

[Fairgo]

4. Hello Chef

I'm sometimes a bit too deadpan for my own good. I use the phrase "looking into it" as a wink and a nod to other things HRC won't pursue.

[Chef Eric]

5. O.K., thanks. nt

[senz]

6. K&R Thanks, Chef.

Bernie, and his supporters, are everywhere making good things happen.

Little by little, the revolution is underway.

[Gothmog]

7. CNN is wrong-This is the Fair Vote Lawsuit

Sanders lawsuit was filed in Federal court http://www.cleveland19.com/story/31420000/oh-lawsuit-sanders-campaign-suing-to-protect-young-and-minority-voters
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted.

This ruling was in a state court lawsuit filed by Fair Vote http://www.fairvote.org/17_year_old_ohians_can_vote_in_presidential_primary

Fair Elections Legal Network announced today that Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Richard Frye ruled in favor of 17-year-old presidential primary voters. Ohio law allows for 17-year-old voting in presidential primaries. The Court ordered Secretary of State Jon Husted to advise county election boards to count the ballots already received and allow young voters to participate in voting now through Election Day on March 15.

FairVote's legal team noted that an intepretation of law was at issue:

"Presidential primaries technically elect delegates on behalf of candidates, who will then go on to vote for their assigned candidates at the party conventions this summer. Due to this technicality, the Secretary of State’s office says that 17-year-olds are forbidden from voting in the presidential primary. No other state with 17-year-old primary voting appears to follow this interpretation of law."

Studies have shown that 17-year-old voters have a higher turnout than 18-year-old voters. Also, allowing for civic participation at a young age can foster a lifetime of engagement.

Here is the ruling in that case which is in state court and not federal court http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/16-2346-Final-Opinion.pdf The Fair Vote people won this victory.

[Chef Eric]

8. Thanks for the correction, Gothmog.

I'm not surprised that CNN got the details wrong.

Obviously, regardless of CNN's mistake, this is good news.

Voter suppression is disgraceful, and the less of it we have, the better we are.

[Gothmog]

9. I knew this because I read both sets of pleadings

Election law is my hobby and I looked at both sets of pleadings. The Fair Vote people won a great victory. Their lawsuit was filed a while back and so there was a chance for the court to rule. I saw on Twitter that Husted will not appeal https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/708446868708204545/photo/1 From Husted